Is it possible to set member member member property in Active Directory using Powershell

Question

I need to create a Powershell script that sets some user attributes in Active Directory.

I use the Set-AdUser command and pass the user object as follows:

$user = Get-AdUser -Identity $userIdentity
$user.MemberOf = $dn_of_group
Set-ADUser -Instance $user

this returns an error "The adapter cannot set the value of the" MemberOf "property.

Is it possible to set MemberOf property from powershell?

If so, what am I doing wrong?

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tophatsteve May 04 '12 at 11:05

1 answer

Filburt · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-04T11:22:59+0000

You cannot change the property MemberOf- you need to add the user to the group using Add-ADGroupMemberCmdlet:

Add-ADGroupMember $dn_of_group $user